---
title: 'The Unorthodox (2018)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Eliran Malka'
released: '2018-07-26'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Israel'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-unorthodox-2018'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8657696/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Unorthodox (2018)

2018 · 94 min · Comedy · Israel

Original title: הבלתי רשמיים

## Synopsis

The Unorthodox is a 2018 Israeli drama film directed by Eliran Malka. It marks Malka's feature film debut, known previously as the creator of the TV series Shababnikim. The film's plot is based on the true story of the founding of the Shas political party in the 1980s in Jerusalem. The protagonist, Yaakov Cohen, is driven to form a religious political party representing the interests of Sephardic Jews. The incident that drives Cohen is the expulsion of his daughter Heli from a Bais Yaakov school, owing to her Sephardic background.The movie opened the 2018 Jerusalem Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Eliran Malka](https://cinepixo.com/people/eliran-malka)
- **Screenplay:** [Eliran Malka](https://cinepixo.com/people/eliran-malka)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ophir Leibovitch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ophir-leibovitch)

## Cast

- [Dorit Lev-Ari](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorit-lev-ari)
- [Golan Azulai](https://cinepixo.com/people/golan-azulai)
- [Yigal Naor](https://cinepixo.com/people/yigal-naor)
- [Tzahi Grad](https://cinepixo.com/people/tzahi-grad)
- [Yoav Levi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoav-levi)
- [Shuli Rand](https://cinepixo.com/people/shuli-rand)
- [Rivka Gur](https://cinepixo.com/people/rivka-gur)
- [Yaakov Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/yaakov-cohen)
- [Shifi Aloni](https://cinepixo.com/people/shifi-aloni)

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